Citation:

PANGAEA.923616

Name: Coral community bleaching surveys by coral genus conducted at Shell Island, Kimberley, in January, April and October 2016
Published: 2020-10-05
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: bleaching surveys; coral chlorophyll a concentration; coral community composition; PAR; SST; water level

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Abstract:

Coral bleaching surveys were conducted to assess how a coral reef in the Kimberley region, NW Australia, recovered from the 2016 mass bleaching event documented at this location. The surveys were conducted at Shell island (Shenton Bluff), Cygnet Bay, in both the intertidal and subtidal reef zone. To quantify coral recovery and mortality, reef-wide coral health surveys were conducted at Shell Island 6 months after peak bleaching from 18 to 21 October 2016 using the same methods that were used by Le Nohaïc et al. (2017, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14794-y) to assess coral health prior to and during peak bleaching (January 13–17 and April 6–9, 2016, respectively). Surveys were conducted along six randomly positioned, 15 m transects. High-resolution photos of a 50-cm x 50-cm quadrat were taken every 0.5–1 m along the transect line. Photo-quadrats were analyzed using the software (Trygonis and Sini, 2012; doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.04.018). All species of hard corals encountered in the photo-quadrats were scored using the following four health categories as a categorical bleaching score (McClanahan et al., 2004; doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.024): unbleached/healthy (H), moderately bleached (M: <50% of the colony bleached or colony pale), severely bleached (S: >50% bleached), and dead (D).

Keyword(s):

bleaching surveys; coral chlorophyll a concentration; coral community composition; PAR; SST; water level

Related to:

Schoepf, Verena; Jung, Maria U; McCulloch, Malcolm T; White, Nicole E; Stat, Michael; Thomas, Luke (2020): Thermally Variable, Macrotidal Reef Habitats Promote Rapid Recovery From Mass Coral Bleaching. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00245

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -16.479528 * Median Longitude: 123.044153 * South-bound Latitude: -16.479667 * West-bound Longitude: 123.043500 * North-bound Latitude: -16.479389 * East-bound Longitude: 123.044806

Event(s):

Shell_Island_intertidal * Latitude: -16.479389 * Longitude: 123.044806 * Location: Australia * Method/Device: Field experiment * Comment: The sampling depth is relative due to the high tidal range (8m) at this location. On average the intertidal has an average depth of ~3m.

Shell_Island_subtidal * Latitude: -16.479667 * Longitude: 123.043500 * Location: Australia * Method/Device: Field experiment * Comment: The sampling depth is relative due to the high tidal range (8m) at this location. On average the subtidal has an average depth of ~4m.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Schoepf, Verena
2	Site	Site		Schoepf, Verena
3	Code	Code		Schoepf, Verena		Code for Site
4	Month	Month		Schoepf, Verena		Time point
5	Code	Code		Schoepf, Verena		Code for Time
6	Transect number	Transect no		Schoepf, Verena
7	Acropora, cover	Acropora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
8	Acropora, cover	Acropora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
9	Acropora, cover	Acropora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
10	Acropora, cover	Acropora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
11	Dipsastraea, cover	Dipsastraea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
12	Dipsastraea, cover	Dipsastraea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
13	Dipsastraea, cover	Dipsastraea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
14	Dipsastraea, cover	Dipsastraea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
15	Favites, cover	Favites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
16	Favites, cover	Favites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
17	Favites, cover	Favites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
18	Fungia, cover	Fungia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
19	Galaxea, cover	Galaxea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
20	Galaxea, cover	Galaxea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached; morphologies: encrusting
21	Galaxea, cover	Galaxea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
22	Galaxea, cover	Galaxea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: encrusting
23	Goniopora, cover	Goniopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
24	Goniopora, cover	Goniopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
25	Goniopora, cover	Goniopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
26	Lobophyllia, cover	Lobophyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
27	Lobophyllia, cover	Lobophyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
28	Lobophyllia, cover	Lobophyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
29	Millepora, cover	Millepora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
30	Montastrea, cover	Montastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead; morphologies: massiv
31	Montastrea, cover	Montastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
32	Montipora, cover	Montipora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
33	Montipora, cover	Montipora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
34	Montipora, cover	Montipora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
35	Montipora, cover	Montipora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
36	Caulastrea, cover	Caulastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead; morphologies: branching
37	Caulastrea, cover	Caulastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: branching
38	Goniastrea, cover	Goniastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead; morphologies: massiv
39	Goniastrea, cover	Goniastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached; morphologies: massiv
40	Goniastrea, cover	Goniastrea cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: massiv
41	Pavona, cover	Pavona cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
42	Pavona, cover	Pavona cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
43	Pavona, cover	Pavona cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
44	Platygyra, cover	Platygyra cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
45	Platygyra, cover	Platygyra cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
46	Platygyra, cover	Platygyra cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
47	Platygyra, cover	Platygyra cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
48	Pocillopora, cover	Pocillopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
49	Pocillopora, cover	Pocillopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
50	Pocillopora, cover	Pocillopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
51	Pocillopora, cover	Pocillopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
52	Coeloseris, cover	Coeloseris cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: massiv
53	Porites, cover	Porites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
54	Porites, cover	Porites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
55	Porites, cover	Porites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
56	Porites, cover	Porites cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
57	Seriatopora, cover	Seriatopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
58	Seriatopora, cover	Seriatopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
59	Seriatopora, cover	Seriatopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
60	Seriatopora, cover	Seriatopora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
61	Stylophora, cover	Stylophora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
62	Stylophora, cover	Stylophora cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
63	Trachyphyllia, cover	Trachyphyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
64	Trachyphyllia, cover	Trachyphyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
65	Trachyphyllia, cover	Trachyphyllia cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: massiv
66	Turbinaria, cover	Turbinaria cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead
67	Turbinaria, cover	Turbinaria cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
68	Turbinaria, cover	Turbinaria cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
69	Turbinaria, cover	Turbinaria cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy
70	Herpolitha, cover	Herpolitha cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy; morphologies: solitary
71	Ctenactis, cover	Ctenactis cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead; morphologies: solitary
72	Corals, cover	Corals cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: dead; morphologies: massiv
73	Corals, cover	Corals cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: mildly bleached
74	Corals, cover	Corals cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: severely bleached
75	Corals, cover	Corals cov	%	Schoepf, Verena	Calculated	Bleaching status: unbleached/healthy

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